The first thing, this is my first guide (Mojo’s Guide) in DotA thanks to GrapeZwho show me how to play lycan. I never play lycan before, because I think he doesn’t have stun or any disabling spells and he can’t blink or windwalk. He just have 2 wolves “dolls” to play with and scare a little children or he can be “Midas” who wants to eat 3 little pigs wkwkwkwk… But after I see my friend GrapeZ play that lycan… Wow… And that change my perspective about lycan. And now I think… Lycan is one of the best heroes you can choose in DotA. He is a hunter, a pusher, a jungler, a chaser dan a killer… And He can KILL Roshan at Level 7… alone…

CORE ITEM

Power Treads (STR) (1850) For basic movement speed, good attack speed, and the bonus stats will be helpful. I think Power Treads better than Boots of Travel because changing into wolf will max his speed already. Holding a TP scroll to get back to base to defend will take over the job of BoT even thou without the tele-to-creep privilages as i think it isn’t needed till lategame where pushing gets more and more important.

Vladmir’s Offering (2075) Lifesteal from Vladmir’s Offering is sustainable when fighting a hero. With the bonus damage aura, which synergies with Howl, it is a great addition to the team’s total amount of DPS. It is useful too when you are NC-ing with your wolves as they can sustain their life longer.

Black King Bar (3800)I add this Item (BKB) into core item because we rarely meet our opponent without 1 or 2 disabler in their team. With strength and damage boost plus 16 second Avatar that will be enough to pawn those irritating disablers during your insane wolf form. The duration of 10 seconds of magical invulnerability goes almost smoothly with your Shapeshift duration.

OPTIONAL ITEM

Stygian Desolator (4420)This item has a Great damage, and this item makes lycan to be the best hunting heroes and farming. And even better combined with Battle fury as it improves cleaved damage.

Assault Cuirass (6120)GREAT attack speed and armor reduction(to enemies) and addition(allies) aura which helps ur team in battles and goes well with Desolator and/or Battle Fury.

Heart Of Tarrasque (5500)Good damage addition and tankability for a STR hero. Able to sustain survivabilty as enemies may focus fire on you due to your dmg.This build is GREAT for hunting down single heroes and enables you to take out 2 or 3 heroes in a major battle.It is also great for pushing as this build provides you to deal heavy, i mean HEAVY, DPS to your helpless enemies and towers. Sadly, its only flaw is that it is too single targeted.

Battle Fury (4350)Other builds would be adding a Battle Fury to your inventory rather than a Heart of Tarrasque as there will not be much of tanking to do if your team has a great aoe disabler who r capable of bringing your enemies close to gather like Enigma or Magnataur. It is known that the cleave of Battle Fury is based on your main target’s armor, the items listed which minuses the target’s armor is crucial in dealing heavy damage. With a Battle Fury and your armor reducing items, you can clear a entire team with just a few nasty swipes of your paws.

Burizza ( )

This item can be very deadly. It has critical damage that synergy with vlad’s lifesteal witch boost your hit point to full in a secong and synergy with wolf critical damage so that almost ever hit you will see the red number from one or two even three wolf.

Radiance ( )

You can use this item if you have invincible enemies. Have great damage and the aura can reduce hit point other enemies. And the aura very usefull to chase enemies who wants to escape from battle. Just chase them and they will be dead.

HOW TO PLAY

Early Game :Get a Ring of Basillus and Tangos. From level 1 to 3 you can join your teamate in a line (this is faster to gain level 3 in a line than you have to wait noob camp to spawn 3 times). Level 3-7 Neutral Creep your way to a Power Threads and a Vladmir’s Offering and try to get Black King Bar When you get your lvl 2 Summon Wolves, go to Ogre (lvl 3)or Mud Golems (lvl 5) or Dark Troll (lvl6). After level 5, you are now able to kill Centaurs or Furlbogs, but dodged their Claps or Stuns. Just farm farm and farm your way to succesion on owning the game. And if you want you can solo ROSHAN at level 7 with full mana and hit point and your item already boots and vlads. Summon level 4 wolves for 3 times and you can say bye bye to Roshan. After you kill ROSHAN continue to 1 or 2 NC-ing and you will arrive to Level 9.

Mid Game : Level 9, your team is bound to gank enemies, and Howl will be helpful in successfully eliminate the targeted hero. You should be doing some hunting of heroes yourself. Pick out those heroes who dare to farm themselves without their teammates around. If your best enemy is Tanker, get Deso or Burizza and Assault Cuirass. If your teammates is mass disabler, get Battle Fury. The item build depending on your opponent’s team line-up.

Late Game : Walk with your team to push down their tower, one after another, alternating lanes one at a time and pick out Disablers (e.g. Lion, Rhasta) heroes first. Then the Carry hero (e.g. Troll Warlord), then finally the Tanker (e.g. Centaur).

And that’s all for now… This may not the best Guide but it can helps you to win… Thanks for read this Guide and i hope you can help me to review any flaws… by send me your comment…

awesome guide...i have never played with this hero b4,after reading this,,i played with this hero in 5v5 match & the end game results were,we got victorious & i got 18 killz with 1 death..thanx dude,,...

SNY and Satanic are both orbs! they won't stack!!Lycan is a DPSer...my build!!:treads - you need stats not speed you have shapehiftoffering - lifesteal, perfectly fits w/ your shapeshift!battle fury - for more farming and damagemkb - for mini-stun and also damageradiance - for more farming and also fits w/ ur great speed!!

My build is usually: Treads, vlads, basher, Battlefury, tarasque, desolator / BKB - Wud use BKB if theres alot of disabler.. from what i noticed.. once u get vlads and basher.. can pretty much become a killing machine from there on

my build will be..1)PT (other boots will be useless as lycan will have max movement speed if he use Shapesifting)2)Vlad (combined with Howl, the best item for bane)3)SnY (helps getting a decent speed when not in wolf form and the maim is very useful for chasing)4)Bash (again, best item for chassing)5)HoT (well yeah, almost all str heroes need this)6)will be optional but I prefer cuirass ( as long you're not buying absurd items such as guinso or satanic)

if you managed get up until bash, the game would ended very soon, but if it's goes to long buy the 5th and 6th goods

battle fury is not really necessary as banehallow farms well even without one, and the hp regen is better of with HoT

BKB IS A MUST BUY if most of opponent teams is a disablertry to get it after vlad, but only on above condition

Loll i fucken wonder why nobody here talked about Cranium Basher.. It's so godly shit! like when you shapeshift if you have 2 cranium bashers, you will stun every 2 hits... Like u start with a Vlad, Threads, Basher, SnY, Basher, HoT..

Lycan is a monster... when I chose Alchemist as my hero, AN AI DEFEATED ME... AND THAT AI IS LYCAN.Lycan can be a monster if you play him the right way.Your guide is very good. I'll just add some few tips.ITEMS:VladPower treadsBasherBKBHoT Phase boots

----When in battle tips---1. Summon your wolves2. Attack your enemy. USE HOWL.3. When you enemy's health is orange, Activate your ulti.4. When your enemy is running, activate your BKB. (so that you wont be stunned or disabled)5 easy ways to be a killer----retreating tips----Activate your ulti (If not in cool down)orActivate BKB--

With the last skill, all ur controlled units are 522 ms... with lvl 3 necro wid constant manaburn and 200 manaburn ability and a True Sight... Wid Howl and Vlad... u can be a one man clasher... even wid invi enemies...

And with perfect timing... just time the pressing of manta and lycanthropy... u have 5 wolves, 2 warlocks chasing 5 heroes... Philippines Rock!!!

hi guys for me lycan is best hero in dota this new is more agresive than older one..for me try to make armlet of mordiggian before u reach 7lvl and power trade thats enough to own all heroes caze armlet gives 25+strength -atck speed and damage etcc hero like trexes and riki dies ins 3 -4hits and after that go for stanic buriza butterfly/assault..and 1damage inventory or hot that enough uare damage will 400+with Howl lol

I have been playing lycan lately in the new version 6.71B and he needs to have these items for rape in any game.

Chicken --> Courier

Vlads PT

Get these two in either order. Then get...

Cranium Basher

Next get:

BKB

After get either one in either order:

HeartDesolator

And you will get a positive K/D ratio, I have never had a negative one yet. Also your team will most likely win if they know what their doing. If they don't you may loose but you should still have a positive K/D ratio. :)

1)mask of madnes2)Hot3)power treads4)assault cuiras5)MKB6)radiance or battle furywith help this item will have good damage good atack speedmany health and fuck your teammates team will interfere to you

-treads -vlads -basher -hyperstonethis is agreed,, at lvl 9-11~ u can dominate like hell.. but if u get bkb it would much be better to get in a crowd with 3-4 heroes... u could at least double kill with only just these items.. :D

U guys are all noobs... idk what era this guide is from but todays lycan pros (myself included) use:

Vlads

Basher

Arcane (constant wolf spam)

Buriza/MKB (Some ppl go for Mjollnir also, it works well)

Heart

And if u say "WTF U know the cost of those items u noob?!?" The answer is, yes i do, but lycan is such an imba hunter that if ur good in 90% of the games u play u'll have those items by late game, and maybe even more.

i have only been playing dota for about a year now, but if theres one character i know its bane, i would recommend these items:1. treads2. ancient janggo3. vlads4. a/c5. heart6. cranium basherTOTAL COST: 19,025 gold

as you can see they are all relatively cheap and cause seriuos damage even without the use of your ulti, which gives you massive damage with your critical strike, at level 25 with these items you have over 220 dmg, with over 500 critical, and your wolves are also extremely powerful, farm up vlads first, then janggo as it gives your wolves and teammates attack speed and movement speed aura, along with +9 to all abilities

my build:1. phase boots ( because when you chase enemy heroes and you summoned your wolves it can be a prick if you keep colliding with em. wastes a lot of precious seconds while in wolf form)2. Orb of venom. ( max speed + high damage + 2 wolves with critical strike + slow = easy kills)3. learn to pick enemy heroes for the kill. (e.g. are drow ranger, mortred, etc. since most of these heroes might not have boots yet.